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October 11, 1954, Rouen, Seine-Maritime:

Reference for this case: 11-Oct-54-Rouen.
Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case.

Summary:

In 1958, ufologist Aimé Michel reported that according to his personal documents, there was an observation on October 11, 1954, in Rouen.

Reports:

[Ref. aml1:] AIME MICHEL:

Aimé Michel mentions that there was a case in Rouen on October 11, 1954.

He says the case comes from his personal documents.

He put the sighting location on a map supposed to demonstrate cases are lined up:

[Ref. gqy1:] GUY QUINCY:

October 11 [, 1954]

[... other cases...]

? [=unknown hour]: Rouen (Seine-Maritime):lumin.obj.

[... other cases...]

[Ref. lcn1:] LUC CHASTAN:

Luc Chastan indicates that in the Seine and Marne in Rouen on October 11, 1954 at an unknown hour, there was observation of an object in the shape of a disc.

The source is noted "M.O.C. by Michel Aimé ** Arthaud 1958."

[Ref. ubk1:] "UFO-DATENBANK":

Case Nr.	New case Nr.	Investigator	Date of observation	Zip	Place of observation	Country of observation	Hour of observation	Classification	Comments	Identification
19541011			11.10.1954		Rouen	France

Explanations:

Totally insufficient information.

[lcn1] indicates with reference to Aimé Michel that it was a "disc-shaped object"; but the latter did not say anything like, he only assured that the observation in Rouen was "aligned" with others of that day.

Keywords:

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Rouen, Seine Maritime

Sources:

[----] indicates sources that are not yet available to me.

[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Arthaud publishers, France, 1958.
[aml1] "Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery", book by Aimé Michel, English version of "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", S.G. Phillips publisher, USA, 1958.
[gqy1] "Observations 1954", monograph by Guy Quincy, France - Algeria, private publication, page 15, the 1950's.
[aml1] "A Propos des Soucoupes Volantes - Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Planète pubishers, France, page 199, 1966.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Seghers publishers, France, page 218, 1977.
[aml1] "Mystérieux Objets Célestes", book by Aimé Michel, Robert Laffont publishers, France, page 218, 1978.
[lcn1] Base OVNI France website, by Luc Chastan, France, circa 2005, at baseovnifrance.free.fr/detobs.php?numobs=2484
[ubk1] Online database UFO-Datenbank, Germany, found in 2016, at ufodatenbank.de

Document history:

Version:	Created/Changed by:	Date:	Change Description:
1.0	Patrick Gross	December 20, 2008	First published.
1.1	Patrick Gross	November 24, 2019	Addition of the Summary. Explanations changed, were "Not looked for yet."
1.2	Patrick Gross	February 7, 2021	Addition [ubk1].
1.3	Patrick Gross	May 3, 2022	Addition [gqy1].

This page was last updated on May 3, 2022.